Farm To Market Road 3438 or FM 3438 is a farm to market road

Farm to Market Road

In the United States, a farm-to-market road or ranch-to-market road is a state road or county road which serves to connect rural or agricultural areas to market towns...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 that is located on the west side of Abilene

Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...

. In 1995, FM 3438 was internally redesignated to Urban Road 3438 (UR 3438) by the Texas Department of Transportation

Texas Department of Transportation

The Texas Department of Transportation is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Texas. Its stated mission is to "work cooperatively to provide safe, effective and efficient movement of people and goods" throughout the state...

 although the road is still signed as a farm to market road.

Route description

FM 3438 begins at U.S. Highway 277 near the Quail Hollow subdivision and travels to the north and passes to the east of Dyess Air Force Base

Dyess Air Force Base

Dyess Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately southwest of Abilene, Texas.The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force...

 before ending at Interstate 20.

Frontage Roads

A section of UR 3438 has frontage roads. They are located between Hartford St to US 84 for the nothbound lanes, and between Military Dr and US 84 on the southbound lanes. These frontage roads are a continuation of the frontage roads on eastbound US 84.

History

In 1995 the Texas Department of Transportation redesignated FM 3438 from I-20 to US 277 to Urban Road 3438.

In 2008 TxDOT began reconstruction of the intersection of UR 3438 & I-20 Bus/US 84.

Intersections

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| 0.00
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| 0.45
| N. 10th Street
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| 1.32
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| Ramps recently completed for both directions on US 84
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| 1.90
| S. 7th Street
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| 2.03
| Military Drive
| Towards the Tye Gate of Dyess AFB, and Tye, TX
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| 2.56
| Arnold Boulevard/Hartford Street
| Dyess AFB. Westbound is Arnold Blvd. East is Hartford St.
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| 2.63
| Vapor Trail
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| 3.38
| Texas Drive
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| 3.84
| Jennings Street
| Towards Housing Gate of Dyess AFB.
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| 4.07
| Hampton Hills Drive
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| colspan=2 align=center|Begin Limited-Access Highway
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| 4.71
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| Last intersection on FM-3438.
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| colspan=2 align=center|End Limited-Access Highway
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| colspan=3 align=center|End of FM 3438; route continues as Rebecca Lane to FM 89

Farm to Market Road 89

Farm to Market Road 89 or FM 89 is a state highway in the U.S. State of Texas that starts at FM 126 near Nolan and continues east to U.S. Highways 83 and 84 in Abilene.-Route description:FM 89 starts just east of the Nolan/Taylor County Line...

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